Briargrove Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 760205675
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Houston, TX, USA
- Phone
- 7139173600
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Parent/Teacher Group
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $108,124
- Expenses
- $100,280
- Assets
- $258,796
- Liabilities
- $4,765
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Lea Jamandre (President)
- Celeste Schurman (Immediate Past President)
- Veronica Tunitsky (President Elect)
People named in this filing
- Lea Jamandre (President)
- Sara Muir (Secretary)
- Chandni Ramchandani (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Briargrove Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) is organized for the following purposes:1. To promote the welfare of children at home, in school, and in the community and to raise the standards of home life.2. To promote closer relationships between the home and the school so that parents and teachers may cooperate intellectually in the education of children and youth.3. To develop such united efforts to secure the highest advantages in physical, mental, and social education for all children and youth between educators and the general public.
What it reported doing in 2024
Police Detail - BGE PTO supported 100% of funding to ensure year-round student drop-off and pick-up safety with HISD Police officers on campus twice daily (in the morning and afternoon) to ensure safe traffic flow. Student Outcome Education Initiatives - BGE PTO funded 100% of the following education-related programs for the school: Fuel Education Middlebury language program licenses for each student to access foreign language courses, PE equipment (scooters and soccer net), and an aluminum fan backboard for basketball in the outdoor pavilion. Teacher Appreciation support - BGE PTO funds a teacher appreciation program to ensure that teachers are supported throughout the year with events such as monthly lunches, catering, snacks, and coffee events, as well as holiday and end-of-school-year gift cards to all BGE teachers and staff. Additional programs operated by the PTO include providing teacher supplies reimbursements, International Festival, House & Grounds maintenance, 5th-grade graduation activities, Fall Fair, Dad's Club community event, Annual Auction & Giving programs, community outreach programs, BGE merchandise, student-lead programs (readathon & Fun run), and grade parent committee program where the PTO funds two class parties each year (Christmas and end of school year) and covers all the food expense for every grade and classroom.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 62
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.2%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 86.8%; rating input score 87
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.3%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.58; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.2% of revenue deployed · 86.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $87K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.